Situation of Wiwa women who live in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia A Roundtable was held on Tuesday 19th November: The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, known as the “heart of the world”, has suffered a loss of…
On Tuesday 14th January, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) co-sponsored a panel event on Maternal and Child Heath in South Darfur. The event welcomed Dame Rosalind Marsden, Chatham House Associate…
On Tuesday 29th October, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) and the Malala Fund hosted a discussion: Countering Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan: Policy Options for Accountability. The following speakers took part: Malala Yousafzai, Co-founder of the…
The APPG on Women, Peace & Security in collaboration with the High Commission of Canada held a roundtable on 9th December with leads on WPS in Embassies and High Commissions in London. Participants gathered to discuss how some governments are…
On Thursday 28th November, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) hosted the event: Human Security in Defence: Policy and Practise. The event welcomed the following speakers: Luke Pollard, Minister for the Armed Forces; Joanna Crouch, Policy…
On 13th November 2024, the Foreign Policy Centre (FPC), in collaboration with the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham (POLSIS) and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) convened a parliamentary…
Yazidi Human Rights Advocates Address The UK Parliament Before The 10th Anniversary Of The Yazidi Genocide On 21 May 2024, Yazidi human rights defenders, Hewan Omer, Free Yezidi Foundation, Country Director, and Khalida Nawaf Ilyas, Free Yezidi Foundation, Livelihoods Manager, addressed…
On Tuesday 30th April, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) organised an event in collaboration with the Henry Jackson Society, “Understanding Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV) in the Context of Contemporary Proxy Warfare”. The event—chaired by…
On Wednesday 17th April, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) and All-Party Parliamentary Group on Human Rights Group (APPG-HRG) co-sponsored a roundtable discussion with ABColombia. The roundtable welcomed two women human rights defenders from Colombia to…
On Tuesday 26th March, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) and GAPS hosted the Oral Report to Parliament, “Assessing UK Government Progress on Women, Peace and Security in 2023”. The event, co-chaired by Baroness Fiona Hodgson…